By Sungsook Hong Setton The plum blossom, orchid, chrysanthemum, and bamboo are considered the four noble (‘gentlemen’) plants. When I studied with Master Chang in the 1980s I was restricted to learning only one stroke per month of study. The orchid leaf stroke was first, and he did not teach me anything else until I nearly…
On Anna Akhmatova-Perseverance and Poetry
By Caitlin E. Krause See her work in WTP Vol. IV #10 The entire volume of Anna Akhmatova’s work — translations, pictures, personal letters, poems, notes — is staggering. There’s so much to touch upon, and react to, in her life and writing. Reading her is an exercise in mindfulness, what in my view, involves an empathy that art,…
Featured Bookmarks: The Literary
February 2017 By DeWitt Henry, Literary Bookmarks Editor Monthly link highlights to online resources, magazines, and author sites that seem informative and inspiring for working writers. Most are free. Suggestions are welcomed. Critical Mass, National Book Critics Circle (NBCC) Authors seeking to be reviewed and/or those practicing literary citizenship and looking to publish reviews (and also readers…
Site Review: The Review Review
Demystifying Literary Magazines by Emily Jaeger, Features Editor In 2008, Becky Tuch, the founder of The Review Review, felt like she had hit a publishing wall: “I stopped submitting to literary magazines. As a fiction writer, trying to get my work published felt as futile and inconsequential as trying to write my name on a…
WTP Vol. V #1
click on cover to go to issue “The work WTP does is so important that I really can’t thank Sandra and her editorial staff and encourage them enough. It’s easy to immerse oneself in one’s own little world of creations, hiding underground, but it’s another thing to create platforms for artists to showcase those creations…
Galleries—Make a Difference
Exhibitions and Activism By Sandra Tyler, Editor-in-Chief In light of recent events, of the reckless, dangerous, and entirely callous trajectory of our new president, I applaud the resistance by the arts community, from the more national movements of the J20 Art strike and petitions circulating by Americans for the Arts Action, to the more local of actual…
The Do's and Don'ts of Great Headings
It’s the start of a fresh year, and maybe you’re thinking about making writing a serious goal. Whether you’re pursuing freelance opportunities or gearing up to start an indie project, like a blog or a book, there’s a key element that will drive visibility. Know what it is? Here’s a hint: it’s probably the same…
WTP Artist: Stephen Althouse
“Cloth, string, and rope are such expressive materials for me.” Interview by Emily Jaeger, Features Editor “Stephen Althouse (b. 1948) fabricated his early sculptures out of wood, leather, and forged metal to resemble farming implements. Later, rather than making sculptures from raw materials, he began collecting already made objects which he loosely assembled together to…
Art Spotlight: Martin Eugen Raabenstein
The Loon Series Looking Back on 2016 See his work in Vol. IV #6 Three individual pieces Ink, inkwash, oil, acrylic, and paper on canvas 94″ x 58″ Ink is a material that can be reapplied on the image carrier. This phenomenon is not the primary motivation, but in its application an increasingly exciting field…
Using Form, Color, and Narrative
The Copper Enameling Process By Judy Stone See her work in Vol. IV #2 Starting with a formed vessel or dish, I employ a range of metal-smithing and enameling processes to create vessels that are unique and evocative—perhaps influenced by the Native American cultures of the southwestern United States, where I grew up; or of Greece,…
Poetry and News
Tweets can Be Poems, Too By Joyce Peseroff, Contributing Editor After 18 months of retirement, I finally unpacked the last box of books from my office at UMass Boston. I found books by colleagues; duplicate volumes of collected poems by Elizabeth Bishop, Emily Dickinson, and Jane Kenyon (I absolutely needed both at home and at…
Denitza Painting "Red Ochre"
Bright Colors on a Black Background Looking Back on 2016 Video by Denitza See her work in WTP Vol. IV #1 …I use a black background, crossing shiny lines and create explosions of light spots with often just one ‘favorite’ brush. When I paint, I don’t have any beginning or any ending point, I paint…